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If it works or not, it certainly looks a lot more feature rich than the thing they rushed out in the summer that was basically a webpage.
BBC News - NHS Covid-19 app: How England and Wales' contact-tracing service works
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The QR sign in thing seems very useful. Hopefully it's widely adpoted.FrancisUrquhart said:If it works or not, it certainly looks a lot more feature rich than the thing they rushed out in the summer that was basically a webpage.
BBC News - NHS Covid-19 app: How England and Wales' contact-tracing service works
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Assume this has been discussed? Solution to Irish border found by moving it to.... Kent.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/23/truck-queues-could-be-7000-long-when-brexit-transition-ends-ministers-warn2 -
It does look very good. I have it downloaded ready to go.FrancisUrquhart said:If it works or not, it certainly looks a lot more feature rich than the thing they rushed out in the summer that was basically a webpage.
BBC News - NHS Covid-19 app: How England and Wales' contact-tracing service works
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Friends in Belfast downloaded their version of the tracing app.
One person got notified that they had to isolate for 14 days, they went for a test and were negative, they still had to isolate for 14 days.
Everyone else they know has removed the app from their phones.0 -
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How are the police doing in the UK at following the mask mandate themselves? In NYC, the NYPD are among the worst offenders at not wearing masks on the Subway etc.stodge said:Evening all
Another trip out for Mrs Stodge and I to meet three friends at Surrey Quays.
A decent lunch but again the tube experience shows the inadequacy not of the rules but of the enforcement of the rules. The law-abiding are following the mask rules and I reckon that was about 90% of those we saw. The remainder (mostly young men and women) either wore the mask at half-mast or didn't have a mask at all.
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In Manchester there are more Metrolink staff than passengers on the trams, all wearing masks.rpjs said:FPT:
How are the police doing in the UK at following the mask mandate themselves? In NYC, the NYPD are among the worst offenders at not wearing masks on the Subway etc.stodge said:Evening all
Another trip out for Mrs Stodge and I to meet three friends at Surrey Quays.
A decent lunch but again the tube experience shows the inadequacy not of the rules but of the enforcement of the rules. The law-abiding are following the mask rules and I reckon that was about 90% of those we saw. The remainder (mostly young men and women) either wore the mask at half-mast or didn't have a mask at all.
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However, they are absolutely not stopping people from travelling without a mask (or checking tickets).
They simply do not approach any passengers, ever, presumably social distancing to protect the staff.
Probably about a third of passengers are not wearing masks.1 -
re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?0
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What is the mistake? There are a huge number of Lab-to-SNP voters.Big_G_NorthWales said:
To be honest I am astonished Starmer has made such a gigantic mistake on ScotlandCarlottaVance said:
https://twitter.com/JournoStephen/status/1308808431214755842?s=20Big_G_NorthWales said:
Starmer's first real tactical blunder and unnecessaryFF43 said:
Tricky for Labour in Scotland. They need independence to go away as issue so they can pick up Labour/SNP floating voters while hanging onto their federalist Unionist/Remain rump. The 20% or so British, not Scottish, voter block will stay Conservative and never go Labour anywayCarlottaVance said:
He has handed the union vote to the conservatives who will be merciless on him and labour and it hardly attracks indy voters who are all in with the SNP
Douglas Ross and Ruth Davidson's Christmases have all come at once
A number of them have voted SNP since 2014 safe in the knowledge that Westminster will block a second IndyRef.
Starmer has said that if you want to block an IndyRef you cannot vote SNP.2 -
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
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There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
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IndeedRobD said:
There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
Hence the question as to why anyone would choose to do so.1 -
Because you asked why they would choose to do it if it would lead to enforced isolation. The answer is there is no enforced isolation.ManchesterKurt said:
IndeedRobD said:
There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
Hence the question as to why anyone would choose to do so.0 -
Doesn't the article explicitly state that it's can't lead to a fine, unless somebody applies for self-isolation linked financial assistance? Because it's anonymous.ManchesterKurt said:
IndeedRobD said:
There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
Hence the question as to why anyone would choose to do so.0 -
in Northern Ireland there isRobD said:
There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
If you have the app and are close to a positive person for enough time to trigger the alert you must self isolate for 14 days and track and trace ensure you do, or a possible fine.
Presumably the same in the rest of the UK?
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You aren't compelled to do anything after a notification in the app.ManchesterKurt said:
in Northern Ireland there isRobD said:
There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
If you have the app and are close to a positive person for enough time to trigger the alert you must self isolate for 14 days and track and trace ensure you do, or a possible fine.
Presumably the same in the rest of the UK?
So why bother ?0 -
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Possibly my friend, who explained to me, does not know the full details.alex_ said:
Doesn't the article explicitly state that it's can't lead to a fine, unless somebody applies for self-isolation linked financial assistance? Because it's anonymous.ManchesterKurt said:
IndeedRobD said:
There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
Hence the question as to why anyone would choose to do so.
But even so, if Joe Public have this understanding of the rules of the app in Belfast, it will replicate elsewhere.0 -
Can the figure in Daily Mail be right? 80% of health and social services staff are furloughed or on partial leave?
Surely they have got that wrong?
If not, then no wonder the NHS is turning into the national covid service.1 -
I'll show that to my son tomorrow. (Frankly, the Matt cartoon is the only reason I still get "The Telegraph".)TheScreamingEagles said:I enjoyed this cartoon.
https://twitter.com/MattCartoonist/status/1308806946045276161
My son has learning difficulties and was uptight at the beginning of the week saying that he couldn't understand the new Covid regulations and found it confusing with all the changes. I tried to tell him he is not alone.0 -
That Evening Standard cartoon isn't very funny, and I don't mean in the normal way that their cartoons aren't funny.0
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One rule for....TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Not the same since Boris stopped his column?SandraMc said:
I'll show that to my son tomorrow. (Frankly, the Matt cartoon is the only reason I still get "The Telegraph".)TheScreamingEagles said:I enjoyed this cartoon.
https://twitter.com/MattCartoonist/status/1308806946045276161
My son has learning difficulties and was uptight at the beginning of the week saying that he couldn't understand the new Covid regulations and found it confusing with all the changes. I tried to tell him he is not alone.0 -
It's amazing: if you cherry pick just the right polls from this year and from 2016, you can prove almost anything.HYUFD said:
Rasmussen September 26th to 28th 2016 was a 1 point Clinton lead ie exactly the same as the current Biden leaderistdoof said:
In the 3rd week of September four years ago Rasmussen had Trump 44% and Clinton 39%, so Trump is now 6 %-points worse than he was then.HYUFD said:Biden retakes the lead in new Rasmussen national poll but at 1% his lead is still less than Hillary's 2% 2016 popular vote lead
https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1308802984495788032?s=20
Clinton 42% Trump 41%
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/election_2016_white_house_watch_trends5 -
Well my friend who works in that sector seems to be busier than normal so I'm guessing the Mail is spouting nonsense, do you have a link?rottenborough said:Can the figure in Daily Mail be right? 80% of health and social services staff are furloughed or on partial leave?
Surely they have got that wrong?
If not, then no wonder the NHS is turning into the national covid service.0 -
Yes, i suspect that in reality all the original arguments about the original NHS app, and how it was a massive invasion of privacy, and the current app model were basically pointless. Because whichever model of app you had, people would take negatively to it if they were a suspicious type.ManchesterKurt said:
Possibly my friend, who explained to me, does not know the full details.alex_ said:
Doesn't the article explicitly state that it's can't lead to a fine, unless somebody applies for self-isolation linked financial assistance? Because it's anonymous.ManchesterKurt said:
IndeedRobD said:
There's nothing compelling you to do anything.ManchesterKurt said:
Why would anyone download an app that could feasibly lead to repeated enforced isolation, even if repeatedly tested negative or lead to a massive fine?RobD said:
The latter. It's described on the BBC article linked above.alex_ said:re: app - what are the criteria for being triggered? Simply passing by somebody? Or spending a reasonably prolonged period of time within 2m?
Hence the question as to why anyone would choose to do so.
But even so, if Joe Public have this understanding of the rules of the app in Belfast, it will replicate elsewhere.0 -
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Perhaps they were out for an eye test?glw said:
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:1 -
The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.0 -
Surely the aim is satire rather than humour, with reference to Boris's oft-expressed preference for having his cake and eating it.tlg86 said:That Evening Standard cartoon isn't very funny, and I don't mean in the normal way that their cartoons aren't funny.
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Personally I would favour everyone who has been self indulgent enough to enjoy foreign travel during a pandemic having to wear an electronic tag for 14 days on their return so we can tell exactly where they have been and what damage they have done.glw said:
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
Just get the border guards to paint an X on your forehead in indelible ink as you head in.DavidL said:
Personally I would favour everyone who has been self indulgent enough to enjoy foreign travel during a pandemic having to wear an electronic tag for 14 days on their return so we can tell exactly where they have been and what damage they have done.glw said:
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:1 -
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.0 -
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.0 -
Well it appears to be happening across the country.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8763607/Asda-announces-1-000-new-Covid-marshals-make-sure-shoppers-wear-masks.html
https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/23/loo-roll-rationed-to-one-pack-per-customer-in-iceland-store-13316137/
My friend who works for a major Northern supermarket says the supermarkets are well resourced and well planned, unlike the government they have been expecting a second wave and all the resultant issues that causes.0 -
I can see the argument but that won’t tell us where the selfish so and so’s have been.RobD said:
Just get the border guards to paint an X on your forehead in indelible ink as you head in.DavidL said:
Personally I would favour everyone who has been self indulgent enough to enjoy foreign travel during a pandemic having to wear an electronic tag for 14 days on their return so we can tell exactly where they have been and what damage they have done.glw said:
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:-1 -
OTTAWA - SPEECH FROM THE THRONE 2020
Speech by Governor General, on behalf of PM Trudeau and his govt, will begin shortly, opening Canadian Parliament
GG just inspected honour guard & taking salute. now entering Senate chamber.
https://www.cbc.ca/news2 -
I said yesterday that was the major fear my father had.williamglenn said:0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4a7BrhlMTgDavidL said:
I can see the argument but that won’t tell us where the selfish so and so’s have been.RobD said:
Just get the border guards to paint an X on your forehead in indelible ink as you head in.DavidL said:
Personally I would favour everyone who has been self indulgent enough to enjoy foreign travel during a pandemic having to wear an electronic tag for 14 days on their return so we can tell exactly where they have been and what damage they have done.glw said:
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
The story of Abertay ordering hundreds of students to self isolate made the R5 Drive headlines tonight. Abertay is in Dundee and what in fact seems to have happened is that 1 (yes 1) has tested positive and everyone in his or her halls has been told to self isolate, roughly 500 students.williamglenn said:
I really can’t see this being taken particularly seriously by the students body.1 -
People are reassured by having Stuff, and loo rolls are the most Stuff for your £, measured by volume, you can get.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
My problem is cooking oil; I buy 5 litre bottles at Tesco's, 4 at a time, as a feed additive for horses. It looks awfully hoarderish in the trolley.0 -
It's fundamental.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.4 -
I thought it was a surprisingly even-handed cartoon for the Daily Osborne - accurately depicting the dilemma facing Boris and the rest of us.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Surely the aim is satire rather than humour, with reference to Boris's oft-expressed preference for having his cake and eating it.tlg86 said:That Evening Standard cartoon isn't very funny, and I don't mean in the normal way that their cartoons aren't funny.
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From a herd immunity perspective, they should invite them to a super-spreader event first and then tell them to self-isolate.DavidL said:
The story of Abertay ordering hundreds of students to self isolate made the R5 Drive headlines tonight. Abertay is in Dundee and what in fact seems to have happened is that 1 (yes 1) has tested positive and everyone in his or her halls has been told to self isolate, roughly 500 students.williamglenn said:
I really can’t see this being taken particularly seriously by the students body.0 -
Thank you, Ishmael.IshmaelZ said:
People are reassured by having Stuff, and loo rolls are the most Stuff for your £, measured by volume, you can get.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
My problem is cooking oil; I buy 5 litre bottles at Tesco's, 4 at a time, as a feed additive for horses. It looks awfully hoarderish in the trolley.
I won't ask about the cooking oil and the horses. I fear I may not like the answer.
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This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/13088301338942095481 -
I suspect by then most students in halls will have had it, mainly without symptoms, and will no longer be infectious. It’s the first trip home with the washing that’s going to be the issue.williamglenn said:0 -
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Sprry, I'm too runk to reead everyth9inng.
WTF's happening??
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My son is at Dundee Uni. He has friends at Abertay. Siblings in flats in the town and at the Uni have been mixing socially with students in the Abertay halls over the last week. It will be across both Unis and in the town by now.DavidL said:
The story of Abertay ordering hundreds of students to self isolate made the R5 Drive headlines tonight. Abertay is in Dundee and what in fact seems to have happened is that 1 (yes 1) has tested positive and everyone in his or her halls has been told to self isolate, roughly 500 students.williamglenn said:
I really can’t see this being taken particularly seriously by the students body.
As for not letting students home for Christmas, good luck with that. Policing with consent will start to break down if that is tried.0 -
A mid rank supermarket manager would quite possibly outperform Dido.TheScreamingEagles said:
Well it appears to be happening across the country.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8763607/Asda-announces-1-000-new-Covid-marshals-make-sure-shoppers-wear-masks.html
https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/23/loo-roll-rationed-to-one-pack-per-customer-in-iceland-store-13316137/
My friend who works for a major Northern supermarket says the supermarkets are well resourced and well planned, unlike the government they have been expecting a second wave and all the resultant issues that causes.0 -
Canadian Speech from the Throne to begin momentarily. Red Chamber two-thirds empty due to COVID restrictions.
Black Rod dispatched to summon House of Commons.1 -
EITHER India, USA, Brazil, Russia, Israel, OR somewhere getting fewer new cases a day than the UK (per Worldometer). That is absolute, not per capita, and look at the population difference - not in our favour except with Israel.DavidL said:
I can see the argument but that won’t tell us where the selfish so and so’s have been.RobD said:
Just get the border guards to paint an X on your forehead in indelible ink as you head in.DavidL said:
Personally I would favour everyone who has been self indulgent enough to enjoy foreign travel during a pandemic having to wear an electronic tag for 14 days on their return so we can tell exactly where they have been and what damage they have done.glw said:
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:
So although people should obey the rules, not sure what the fuss is about.1 -
Going to uni at the moment has to be incredibly shit. Wouldn't be surprised if the drop out rates end up being very high.CarlottaVance said:twitter.com/RichardVaughan1/status/1308830306984759298?s=20
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Fundamental??!!! Luxury, mate!SeaShantyIrish2 said:
It's fundamental.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
When I were a lad......etc etc1 -
Just to put/keep weight on them. And makes their coats shiny.Peter_the_Punter said:
Thank you, Ishmael.IshmaelZ said:
People are reassured by having Stuff, and loo rolls are the most Stuff for your £, measured by volume, you can get.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
My problem is cooking oil; I buy 5 litre bottles at Tesco's, 4 at a time, as a feed additive for horses. It looks awfully hoarderish in the trolley.
I won't ask about the cooking oil and the horses. I fear I may not like the answer.0 -
There was no sign of panic buying when I was in Morrison’s last Saturday. Why, some people even looked askance at my second trolley.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.2 -
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Have heard about "runners" at the track, but perhaps I misunderstood?Peter_the_Punter said:
Thank you, Ishmael.IshmaelZ said:
People are reassured by having Stuff, and loo rolls are the most Stuff for your £, measured by volume, you can get.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
My problem is cooking oil; I buy 5 litre bottles at Tesco's, 4 at a time, as a feed additive for horses. It looks awfully hoarderish in the trolley.
I won't ask about the cooking oil and the horses. I fear I may not like the answer.0 -
What papers like the Daily Mail do is find one superstore in the country where a small amount of panic buying has taken place and use that to build a story around. Totally disgraceful. All my local stores are fully stocked.ydoethur said:
There was no sign of panic buying when I was in Morrison’s last Saturday. Why, some people even looked askance at my second trolley.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.4 -
Yes, they do bang on about it morning, noon and Knight.TheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/13088301338942095487 -
I agree. I bow to no-one in my contempt for Boris Johnson, who is a feckless charlatan. But that cartoon doesn't reflect his character. Firstly, Johnson doesn't do choices and secondly that isn't a trade-off that any normal person would make.tlg86 said:That Evening Standard cartoon isn't very funny, and I don't mean in the normal way that their cartoons aren't funny.
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Could it be that managers in business are shown to be more competent that managers in the Civil Service?Nigelb said:
A mid rank supermarket manager would quite possibly outperform Dido.TheScreamingEagles said:
Well it appears to be happening across the country.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8763607/Asda-announces-1-000-new-Covid-marshals-make-sure-shoppers-wear-masks.html
https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/23/loo-roll-rationed-to-one-pack-per-customer-in-iceland-store-13316137/
My friend who works for a major Northern supermarket says the supermarkets are well resourced and well planned, unlike the government they have been expecting a second wave and all the resultant issues that causes.
My father was a senior civil servant. His view is that the current lot are very poor by historic standards. He thinks that the 80's and 90's saw the best candidates go to into the City to earn money rather than work in public service. Looking at the government's performance through that lens, it could be that *any* government we had at the moment would be presiding over this sh**show because the mandarins are just not good enough. Could Cummings actually be right?2 -
A comparison that would make sense if it wasn’t for the fact Dido Harding came from the private sector and had proven herself utterly and totally incompetent there too.ExiledInScotland said:
Could it be that managers in business are shown to be more competent that managers in the Civil Service?Nigelb said:
A mid rank supermarket manager would quite possibly outperform Dido.TheScreamingEagles said:
Well it appears to be happening across the country.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8763607/Asda-announces-1-000-new-Covid-marshals-make-sure-shoppers-wear-masks.html
https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/23/loo-roll-rationed-to-one-pack-per-customer-in-iceland-store-13316137/
My friend who works for a major Northern supermarket says the supermarkets are well resourced and well planned, unlike the government they have been expecting a second wave and all the resultant issues that causes.
My father was a senior civil servant. His view is that the current lot are very poor by historic standards. He thinks that the 80's and 90's saw the best candidates go to into the City to earn money rather than work in public service. Looking at the government's performance through that lens, it could be that *any* government we had at the moment would be presiding over this sh**show because the mandarins are just not good enough. Could Cummings actually be right?
That said, when Christopher Wormald is touted as a possible head of the Civil Service, something is wrong. Man makes Dominic Cummings look positively intelligent.0 -
Because it fulfils an essential role (no pun intended) and there are no real substitutes. You really don't want to run out of it.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.0 -
They're trying to make him sound posh, but his working class, one of the lads credentials are bang on - violin lessons at Private school are on every white van man's CVTheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/13088301338942095480 -
Yes they had it on special offer in Sainsbury's today and the shelves were fully stocked.Andy_JS said:
What papers like the Daily Mail do is find one superstore in the country where a small amount of panic buying has taken place and use that to build a story around. Totally disgraceful. All my local stores are fully stocked.ydoethur said:
There was no sign of panic buying when I was in Morrison’s last Saturday. Why, some people even looked askance at my second trolley.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.0 -
Maybe we ought to ask them to form a government.TheScreamingEagles said:
My friend who works for a major Northern supermarket says the supermarkets are well resourced and well planned, unlike the government they have been expecting a second wave and all the resultant issues that causes.0 -
Firstly they have been in high risk environments, airports, planes, etc.IshmaelZ said:
EITHER India, USA, Brazil, Russia, Israel, OR somewhere getting fewer new cases a day than the UK (per Worldometer). That is absolute, not per capita, and look at the population difference - not in our favour except with Israel.DavidL said:
I can see the argument but that won’t tell us where the selfish so and so’s have been.RobD said:
Just get the border guards to paint an X on your forehead in indelible ink as you head in.DavidL said:
Personally I would favour everyone who has been self indulgent enough to enjoy foreign travel during a pandemic having to wear an electronic tag for 14 days on their return so we can tell exactly where they have been and what damage they have done.glw said:
Well if we know who they are it should be easy enough for the police to find them, and perhaps a goverment minister might like to lean on the boards of the companies involved to fire the idiots.TheScreamingEagles said:
So although people should obey the rules, not sure what the fuss is about.
Secondly, they have been on holiday in “relaxed” circumstances. The average infection rate of the country is simply not relevant.
Thirdly, we are spending a bloody fortune trying to track and trace sources of infection within our indigenous population. We just don’t need additional unlinked sources of infection scattered randomly across the country.
Fourthly, arrogant pricks like this are probably a useful subset to identify when trying to trace rule breakers. They know better, apparently.1 -
The problem isn’t that. The problem is that you don’t want to be weaponising class when your own party leader is a thick posho transparently only there because daddy pulled the right strings.isam said:
They're trying to make him sound posh, but his working class, one of the lads credentials are bang on - violin lessons at Private school are on every white van man's CVTheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/1308830133894209548
I don’t buy Keir Starmer’s proletarian schtick, but compared to Boris Johnson or indeed Jeremy Corbyn he’s a veritable Worzel Gummidge.0 -
Ottawa - small delegation of MPs now heading to Senate led by Speaker.0
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Appointing people you like rarely ends well. The fact that in neither appointment was there an open process is rank stupidity in my view. It doesn't disprove my father's argument, just that the current people are panicking and want to be seen to be doing something fast rather than right. Government through Agile methodology is not what we are used to, but maybe it's the future. God help us.ydoethur said:
A comparison that would make sense if it wasn’t for the fact Dido Harding came from the private sector and had proven herself utterly and totally incompetent there too.ExiledInScotland said:
Could it be that managers in business are shown to be more competent that managers in the Civil Service?Nigelb said:
A mid rank supermarket manager would quite possibly outperform Dido.TheScreamingEagles said:
Well it appears to be happening across the country.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Sainsbury's till staff yesterday were discussing panic buyers and stockpilers, though there were none I could see: no bare shelves and no over-filled trolleys. I wonder if a company memo has gone round.TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8763607/Asda-announces-1-000-new-Covid-marshals-make-sure-shoppers-wear-masks.html
https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/23/loo-roll-rationed-to-one-pack-per-customer-in-iceland-store-13316137/
My friend who works for a major Northern supermarket says the supermarkets are well resourced and well planned, unlike the government they have been expecting a second wave and all the resultant issues that causes.
My father was a senior civil servant. His view is that the current lot are very poor by historic standards. He thinks that the 80's and 90's saw the best candidates go to into the City to earn money rather than work in public service. Looking at the government's performance through that lens, it could be that *any* government we had at the moment would be presiding over this sh**show because the mandarins are just not good enough. Could Cummings actually be right?
That said, when Christopher Wormald is touted as a possible head of the Civil Service, something is wrong. Man makes Dominic Cummings look positively intelligent.2 -
They should simply refer to him as Keir. That's his Sir name.ydoethur said:
Yes, they do bang on about it morning, noon and Knight.TheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/13088301338942095483 -
A very fine pun. I can’t even dub-ble down.IshmaelZ said:
They should simply refer to him as Keir. That's his Sir name.ydoethur said:
Yes, they do bang on about it morning, noon and Knight.TheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/13088301338942095481 -
You clearly have NOT perused many naughty Victorian novels. Where the word "fundament" occurs with startling frequency.Peter_the_Punter said:
Fundamental??!!! Luxury, mate!SeaShantyIrish2 said:
It's fundamental.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
When I were a lad......etc etc1 -
It's one of the graphs in this:TheScreamingEagles said:
Well my friend who works in that sector seems to be busier than normal so I'm guessing the Mail is spouting nonsense, do you have a link?rottenborough said:Can the figure in Daily Mail be right? 80% of health and social services staff are furloughed or on partial leave?
Surely they have got that wrong?
If not, then no wonder the NHS is turning into the national covid service.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8764877/Rishi-Sunak-calls-autumn-Budget-prepares-new-winter-economy-plan.html0 -
Out of curiosity, how do you know?SeaShantyIrish2 said:
You clearly have NOT perused many naughty Victorian novels. Where the word "fundament" occurs with startling frequency.Peter_the_Punter said:
Fundamental??!!! Luxury, mate!SeaShantyIrish2 said:
It's fundamental.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
When I were a lad......etc etc0 -
ExiledInScotland said:
My son is at Dundee Uni. He has friends at Abertay. Siblings in flats in the town and at the Uni have been mixing socially with students in the Abertay halls over the last week. It will be across both Unis and in the town by now.DavidL said:
The story of Abertay ordering hundreds of students to self isolate made the R5 Drive headlines tonight. Abertay is in Dundee and what in fact seems to have happened is that 1 (yes 1) has tested positive and everyone in his or her halls has been told to self isolate, roughly 500 students.williamglenn said:
I really can’t see this being taken particularly seriously by the students body.
As for not letting students home for Christmas, good luck with that. Policing with consent will start to break down if that is tried.
Yes quite a lot of the accommodation in the city is shared between the Universities. My son’s school is adjacent to Abertay. My nephew is moving into accommodation on Saturday. Not sure my sister will let that happen to be honest.
As I said Christmas will be too late.0 -
Extensive reading & literary research.ydoethur said:
Out of curiosity, how do you know?SeaShantyIrish2 said:
You clearly have NOT perused many naughty Victorian novels. Where the word "fundament" occurs with startling frequency.Peter_the_Punter said:
Fundamental??!!! Luxury, mate!SeaShantyIrish2 said:
It's fundamental.Peter_the_Punter said:
Noticed that in Waitrose yesterday. I don't get it. I never did. Why loo rolls?!TheScreamingEagles said:The chap from Sainsbury's who just did our weekly delivery says its like March all over again.
Loo roll shortage in stores.
When I were a lad......etc etc0 -
Pinched from Iain Banks.ydoethur said:
A very fine pun. I can’t even dub-ble down.IshmaelZ said:
They should simply refer to him as Keir. That's his Sir name.ydoethur said:
Yes, they do bang on about it morning, noon and Knight.TheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/1308830133894209548
But yes, I fear you have taken a Bath here.1 -
Maybe so, but Boris schtick is that he is a posho. I think that working class people are more inclined to be alright with that than a middle class, slightly woke, human rights lawyer. But maybe that's just the kind of people I knowydoethur said:
The problem isn’t that. The problem is that you don’t want to be weaponising class when your own party leader is a thick posho transparently only there because daddy pulled the right strings.isam said:
They're trying to make him sound posh, but his working class, one of the lads credentials are bang on - violin lessons at Private school are on every white van man's CVTheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/1308830133894209548
I don’t buy Keir Starmer’s proletarian schtick, but compared to Boris Johnson or indeed Jeremy Corbyn he’s a veritable Worzel Gummidge.1 -
Indeed, they've also made more progress on no deal preparation than the government.solarflare said:
Maybe we ought to ask them to form a government.TheScreamingEagles said:
My friend who works for a major Northern supermarket says the supermarkets are well resourced and well planned, unlike the government they have been expecting a second wave and all the resultant issues that causes.
For the first part of 2021 we may have to practice juche.1 -
Not sure that’s what SKS said. He said they would go into the next Scottish election opposed to any such referendum. His position thereafter depends on the result.CarlottaVance said:0 -
The Conservative line seems to be that any vote against the Conservatives is a vote for independence. It's a kamikaze strategy.DavidL said:
Not sure that’s what SKS said. He said they would go into the next Scottish election opposed to any such referendum. His position thereafter depends on the result.CarlottaVance said:0 -
I am shocked to see a Tory deliberately say something dishonest. So unlike them.DavidL said:
Not sure that’s what SKS said. He said they would go into the next Scottish election opposed to any such referendum. His position thereafter depends on the result.CarlottaVance said:1 -
Thanks, sadly the graph doesn't cite any sources.rottenborough said:
It's one of the graphs in this:TheScreamingEagles said:
Well my friend who works in that sector seems to be busier than normal so I'm guessing the Mail is spouting nonsense, do you have a link?rottenborough said:Can the figure in Daily Mail be right? 80% of health and social services staff are furloughed or on partial leave?
Surely they have got that wrong?
If not, then no wonder the NHS is turning into the national covid service.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8764877/Rishi-Sunak-calls-autumn-Budget-prepares-new-winter-economy-plan.html0 -
The tweet before says she can't understand how it has come to this.CarlottaVance said:
Because we are being led by a ship of fools.2 -
The reason is because preparing for Brexit has been done for just over 12 months.rottenborough said:
The tweet before says she can't understand how it has come to this.CarlottaVance said:
Because we are being led by a ship of fools.
Under Theresa May and Phil Hammond no money for serious planning was put up and no decisions made. So now its all being done quickly, but its getting done.0 -
The SKS show on BBC1.....
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Yeah a lot of working class English people like a posho. I've never seen the feeling being reciprocated much.isam said:
Maybe so, but Boris schtick is that he is a posho. I think that working class people are more inclined to be alright with that than a middle class, slightly woke, human rights lawyer. But maybe that's just the kind of people I knowydoethur said:
The problem isn’t that. The problem is that you don’t want to be weaponising class when your own party leader is a thick posho transparently only there because daddy pulled the right strings.isam said:
They're trying to make him sound posh, but his working class, one of the lads credentials are bang on - violin lessons at Private school are on every white van man's CVTheScreamingEagles said:This is something I've noticed for a while, the Tories do like talking about Sir Keir Starmer.
https://twitter.com/ChairmanMoet/status/1308830133894209548
I don’t buy Keir Starmer’s proletarian schtick, but compared to Boris Johnson or indeed Jeremy Corbyn he’s a veritable Worzel Gummidge.2
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